#143 | Jodi Kuhn – Physical Therapists Are the Mediators of Mind and Body

Becoming Human

The secret to living well and longer is: eat half, walk double, laugh triple, and love without measure.

Jodi Kuhn is a Physical Therapist at Physiocare with over 20 years of experience.

I’ve been looking forward to this conversation because of my mental and physical growth through exercise. Jodi has studied and treated patients for decades which has given her a profound insight into not only physical therapy but people’s relationship to their bodies.

We tend to think of Physical Therapy as an authority that you visit to recover from an injury. I see a Physical Therapist as more than that. Physical Therapists are the mediators between your mind and your body. These people help you evaluate your relationship to your body while making a plan to learn and grow within.

In this episode, we talk about how the human body adapts to our movement routines, we define overuse injuries, the types of possible injuries, a benchmark for a healthy body, general concepts for healing an injury, and the concept of meeting yourself where you are.

Your physical health is a powerful influence on your life. Your body is the interface between your mind and reality. How much does your body influence your experience in reality? What are you capable of? What principles of life can you learn through exercise, or in other words: developing an active relationship with your body?